During contractual negotiations with CBS for a second season of "The Lucy Show," Lucille Ball signed for $30,000 to co-star in "The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour" to be aired in the spring of 1964.
This special was broadcast in color, one of Lucy's first major appearances in color on television. Although "The Lucy Show" had started filming in color in the fall of 1963, CBS declined to air the series in color until September 1965.
On ABC, the second half hour of "Mr. and Mrs." was up against an episode of "Arrest and Trial" that also starred Jack Weston. Meanwhile, NBC ran a show starring another funny redhead, Imogene Coca, in "Grindl." The special's lead-in was a show for which Sherwood Schwartz had been brought on as a script consultant -- "My Favorite Martian."
Director Jack Donohue also directed 107 episodes of "The Lucy Show," and 35 of "Here's Lucy." His final screen credit was "Lucy Moves to NBC" in 1980.
The day after this special premiered, CBS aired "Lucy Is a Process Server" (S2;E27), also directed by Jack Donohue and co-starring Gale Gordon.